Freshmen help Purdue baseball sweep at Penn State

8:43 AM,
Apr. 1, 2013

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| Purdue and staff reports

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Mike Lutz worked 41/3 innings of scoreless relief to finish off Purdue's Big Ten baseball series sweep of Penn State on Sunday with a 7-5 victory.

The Boilermakers (10-14, 3-3 Big Ten) posted their first sweep in Happy Valley and have won 17 of the last 22 meetings with Penn State (5-18, 0-6) dating back to 2008.

Freshmen led the way for the Boilers. Along with Lutz's impressive relief work, Kyle Johnson (3-for-3, RBI, walk) and Jack Picchiotti (2-for-3, 2 RBIs) each had multiple hits in the middle of the lineup. Both players hit safely in all three games of the series while ...